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The pair, along with 18-year-old Ross Hinton, had been out to “avenge” an attack on Subhan’s cousin after hearing he had been stabbed in an earlier clash at a rave. The party was being held at the empty home of the mother of Mr Cusack’s friend Kevin Forrester.

Subhan, Moore and Hinton confronted a group, including Mr Cusack, after they had picked up “ferocious” weapons, including an axe, from Moore’s home in Erdington on the night of July 17 last year.

They also stabbed one of Mr Cusack’s friends in the back before chasing and cornering the victim.

Judge Melbourne Inman QC said rumours that Ryan Subhan had been injured was the “catalyst” for the knifing.

Addressing the defendants, he said: “You were on the streets looking for those you thought might be responsible for attacking Ryan. On only the slenderest of information of what had happened to Ryan, you all went to avenge it.”

Mr Cusack’s family and fiancee broke down in tears as the judge described how he was left to die in Kingsbury Road, Erdington.

He added: “Adam Cusack was fatally wounded and died moments later. He was only 21 with his life before him. Another senseless loss of a young life as a result of knives being carried in public.”

Subhan and Moore were convicted of murder at Birmingham Crown Court last month. Hinton was cleared of murder but found guilty of violent disorder.

Sentencing them yesterday, the judge ordered Subhan, of Rymond Road, Shard End, to serve a minimum of 14 years for murder.

He was also sentenced to concurrent sentences of six years for section 18 wounding and three years for violent disorder.

Moore, of Firtree Road, Erdington, was ordered to serve at least 12 years for murder and three years for violent disorder, also to run concurrently.

Hinton, of Wincanton Croft, Bromford, was sentenced to three years detention for violent disorder.

Speaking after the hearing, Mr Cusack’s parents Michael and Karen said they did not feel justice had been done.

Mrs Cusack said: “We’re the ones serving a life sentence. They have not shown us one bit of remorse. I just hope they rot in hell.”